Necktie.



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NEGKTIE. APPLICATION 1 11,51) DEC. 30. 1913.

Patented Mar. 211915;"

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INE'CKTIE.

. My invention relates tothat class of neckties in which the body, usually termed the silk, is stitched in. elongated tubular form and is provided with an inner filling co xn.

monly termed the flannel. In neckties of thistype, the flannel is either not stitched to the silk at all or is so stitched thereto that it afiords no protection against a longitudinal strain orpull on the necktie. The efifect of such a strain is to break the necktie is practically disorganized and reduced to'an unshapely string, with a tendency to twist, rendering it entirely useless.

The object of my invention is to prevent this result, and this 1 effect by the novel construction of the necktie. which I shall now fully describe by reference to the accompanying drawings 1n which Figure 1 is a plan view of the silk from its inner side showing the stitching of the flannel thereto prior to the final seam which converts it into the finished product. Fig.

2 is a plan view from the inner side of the finished necktie. Fig. 3 is a cross section enlarged on line w-m of Fig. 2. .Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of the inner side of a necktie showing a modification in the arrangement of the stitching which secures the flannel to the silk. y

1 is the body or silk of the necktie. lVhen still uniformed, there is stitched to it, on its inner surface and on line which, when the silk is converted to tubular shape, forms the inner fold or thickness'of' the necktie, the filling or flannel 2.

. The direction of the stitching maybe varied though such stitching best extends throughout the length of the flannel.

In Figs. in a longitudinal course in a straight line. There may be a single line, or, as here shown, a plurality of 'lines, with a cross stitching 4 at one end and a cross stitching 5 at the other end, said last named cross stitching extending out as shown at 6 to Specification of Letters Patent.

stitching ofv the silk, and to tear the flannel, so that the that side of its median which ner thickness only of said body. '1 and 2, I show the stitching 3.

Patented Mar. 2. 1915.

Application filed December 30, 1913.. swarm. 809,435.

the edge. of the silk. This arrangement .prej sents the constructive advantage of being continuous.

In Fig.4, 1 show the stitching'Z-which'secures the flannel to the silk, as being in a diagonal course from end to end of the flannel, and having end jcross stitching 8.

lYhen the operation of stitching'the'flannel to the-silk is completed, the silk is turned to-tubular form wrong side out, and its two edges, together with the adjacent edgeof the flannel, are caught together in a seam,

which when the necktieis turned right-side out, presents the finished seam 9 shown in Figs-2 and 4.

@It' will be seen that as the flannel is stitched to that. portion of the silk which, when the. silk is turned to tubularshape,

forms the inner fold or thickness of thenecktie, and as the' final seam 9 is also in thls inner side or fold, no stitching or seams are seen on the outer side of the tie, they appearing wholly on the inner side, as isclearly shown in Fig. 3. This result is pose sible by stitching the flannel to: the silk beforethe latter is converted to'tubular forin.

The stitches 3 of Figs. land 2 and the stitches 7 of Fig, 4, givesuch strength -to the union of silk and flannehthat the neck-. tie when subjected to longitudinal strain will not break thestitches nor tear the flan nel, nor pull out to a string, but will remain flat and in perfect shape throughout its life.

' To this result the cross stitches 4, 5 and 6 of Figs. 1 and 2, and the cross stitches 8 ofFig.

l contribute.

I claim A necktie comprising a body turned to tilbular shape with its longitudinal edges united by a seam, and a filling onthe inside of said tubular-body, having one of its'-lon-.

gitudinal edges incorporated in the seam unites the edges of the body, said filling being additionally. secured to the bodyby stitches wvhich pass through the in- In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this -specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL S. FREEMAN. Witnesses: W'M. F. Boo'rn D. B. RICHARDS. 

